Knowledge

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Source 📝

2120: 1739: 1646: 1574: 1502: 1473: 1455: 1430: 1366: 1341: 1315: 1288: 1263: 1130: 1083: 946: 921: 875: 839: 2105: 2090: 1835: 1234: 1011: 895: 2045: 1928: 857: 2060: 1896: 1155: 964: 1979: 2075: 1803: 1689: 1671: 1617: 1599: 1545: 1404: 1384: 1216: 1191: 1029: 2000: 1771: 1058: 993: 2733: 2015: 112: 2030: 1867: 1527: 1101: 370:, an event originating from the Ancient Olympics, but never before held at an international event. Garrett had attempted to train for the event with a 10 kilogram replica of a discus, but had given up as it was too heavy. When he learned the actual competition discus weighed only 2 kilograms, he entered the event after all, and won it, to the dismay of the Greek public, who considered their throwers "unbeatable". 35: 1990:, there is a lack of clarity on which nations competed. For instance, Olympedia lists 1 athlete from Cyprus and 2 from Smyrna in counting 11 nations, but also notes the participation of "Cyprus and Smyrna as part of the Greek team". Further, Chile claims to have had a competitor participate, which would increase the total to 64 athletes from 10 nations, but other sources list 393:
to Athens days later to announce the victory, dying as a result of his heroic efforts. The race started in Marathon, and ran for 40 kilometres over dusty roads to Athens. The Greek public, disappointed as there had not yet been a Greek victor in athletics, was overjoyed when it was announced during
292:
events were contested. A total of 25 medals (12 silver for winners, 13 bronze for runner-up, none for third) were awarded. The medals were later denoted as 37 modern medals (12 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze). All of the events except the
1118: 628: 167: 2927: 317:
were set, because few international top competitors had participated. In addition, the curves of the track were very tight, making fast times in the running events virtually impossible.
2932: 1634: 771: 247: 1490: 1046: 731: 608: 207: 157: 2298:, 12. However, some of the authors who believe that "Melpomene" and Revithi are the same person attribute to the latter the more favorable time of 4½ hours. E.g. Miragaya, 1329: 981: 909: 827: 691: 587: 566: 545: 227: 147: 137: 127: 3010: 1418: 1251: 711: 671: 217: 197: 1562: 1179: 751: 651: 237: 182: 2447: 2549: 271: 1986:
A total of 63 athletes from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games. Due to the nature of participation at the Games of the time not being fully through
2440: 305:). Altogether, 63 athletes, all men, from nine nations competed. This made athletics the most international of the nine sports at the 1896 Games. 2995: 2957: 2542: 2145: 301:, which was also the finish for the marathon. Events were held on 6 April, 7 April, 9 April, and 10 April 1896 (all dates are according to the 3015: 2952: 2140: 2433: 264: 2318:
Greek participants had been chosen through two trial national races, which had taken place on 10 and 24 March . Another athlete,
3005: 2974: 2535: 2511: 2124: 2064: 1900: 1743: 1650: 1578: 1506: 1477: 1459: 1434: 1370: 1345: 1319: 1292: 1267: 1159: 1134: 1087: 968: 950: 925: 879: 843: 2587: 2794: 2789: 2491: 257: 2902: 2722: 2717: 2712: 2707: 2702: 2697: 2692: 2687: 2682: 2677: 2672: 2667: 2662: 2657: 2652: 2647: 2642: 2637: 2632: 2627: 2622: 2617: 2612: 2607: 2602: 2597: 2592: 2582: 2577: 2516: 2004: 1775: 1077: 1062: 997: 84: 3000: 2964: 2501: 2496: 2456: 1657: 1585: 1513: 1441: 1352: 1274: 1202: 1141: 1069: 932: 2969: 2886: 2486: 2481: 2094: 2049: 2019: 1932: 1839: 1238: 1015: 899: 861: 804:; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and runners-up bronze medals. Athletes coming third received no award. 2804: 2506: 2109: 2079: 2034: 1871: 1807: 1693: 1675: 1621: 1603: 1549: 1531: 1496: 1467: 1408: 1388: 1282: 1220: 1195: 1105: 1033: 333: 2922: 2416: 2393: 373:
A second event held for the first time in international competition was the marathon foot race. It was conceived by
2558: 2881: 2876: 2176: 801: 385:. This Athenian soldier first completed a two-day run to seek Spartan help against the invading Persians in the 313:
The American team of 11, which featured only one national champion, was dominant, taking 9 of the 12 titles. No
2799: 2840: 2784: 320:
The heats of the 100 metres were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat,
3020: 2917: 2835: 2830: 2809: 2337: 2860: 2779: 2774: 2907: 2845: 2769: 2764: 2759: 2754: 1987: 1665: 406:
on his final lap. Louis would never again compete in a race, but his victory made him a national hero.
2168: 2912: 2855: 2850: 2401: 2825: 2374: 1124: 851: 403: 324:, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner. The first Olympic champion was crowned in the 1398: 1360: 1335: 915: 833: 348: 2425: 2367:
Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897).
2361: 432: 2366: 2460: 1611: 428: 363: 298: 285: 103: 48: 1521: 8: 1210: 378: 1978: 1378: 386: 329: 302: 351:
won both the 100 metres and 400 metres, a feat not since repeated, while London-based
2412: 2389: 2382: 1991: 1593: 1149: 1023: 289: 409:
The exploits of Louis, Garrett, Connolly, and Flack would be chronicled in the 1984
2527: 1539: 1095: 1005: 390: 294: 2384:
The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary
2212: 1683: 940: 889: 424: 374: 1640: 1568: 1449: 1309: 1185: 958: 395: 359: 2989: 2319: 1228: 431:. She was denied entry into the official competition since the 1896 Olympics 336:. Connolly also did well in the other jumping events, placing second in the 1424: 1257: 869: 382: 367: 321: 314: 2322:, was also not allowed to run because he was a professional (Martin–Gynn, 2262: 2237: 1052: 987: 366:
student, won two first and two second places. His first title was in the
355: 325: 2304:
DeFrantz, A. (1997). "The Changing Role of Women in the Olympic Games".
413: 427:
ran the 40-kilometer course in 5 hours 30 minutes, finishing outside
352: 341: 337: 111: 2306:
37th International Session for Young Participants – IOA Report
399: 2409:
Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games
2464: 2455: 2341: 34: 2379: 410: 402:, arrived in the stadium he was accompanied by the Greek 2406: 394:
the race that a Greek runner had taken the lead. When
3011:
International athletics competitions hosted by Greece
2557: 2335: 2381: 2308:. Ancient Olympia: International Olympic Academy. 2987: 2362:International Olympic Committee results database 800:These medals were retroactively assigned by the 2338:"La Presencia de Chile en los Juegos Olimpicos" 1982:Hungarian athletic team of 1896 Summer Olympics 2146:List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) 2543: 2441: 265: 2141:List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) 347:Many other athletes were versatile as well. 2207: 2205: 2203: 2201: 2199: 2197: 2195: 2193: 2550: 2536: 2448: 2434: 272: 258: 33: 2380:Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). 2369:The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 2303: 2190: 1977: 1973: 2255: 2213:"Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics" 2988: 1658: 1586: 1514: 1442: 1353: 1275: 1203: 1142: 1070: 933: 2996:Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics 2531: 2429: 2230: 2163: 2161: 1954: 818: 815: 812: 809: 2329: 423:The day after the official marathon 308: 288:, the first modern Olympiad, twelve 3016:1896 in athletics (track and field) 358:won the 800 and 1500 metres races. 13: 2292:Stamata Revithi, "Alias Melpomeni" 2158: 39:The renovated Panathinaiko Stadium 14: 3032: 2407:Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). 418:The First Olympics: Athens, 1896 3006:Athletics at the Summer Olympics 2731: 2559:Athletics at the Summer Olympics 2118: 2103: 2088: 2073: 2058: 2043: 2028: 2013: 1998: 1926: 1894: 1865: 1833: 1801: 1769: 1737: 1687: 1669: 1644: 1615: 1597: 1572: 1543: 1525: 1500: 1471: 1453: 1428: 1402: 1382: 1364: 1339: 1313: 1286: 1261: 1232: 1214: 1189: 1153: 1128: 1099: 1081: 1056: 1027: 1009: 991: 962: 944: 919: 893: 873: 855: 837: 795: 389:, and then ran from the town of 110: 2177:International Olympic Committee 2169:"Athens 1896 Athletics Results" 802:International Olympic Committee 433:excluded women from competition 2312: 2280: 1704: 63: 27:at the Games of the I Olympiad 1: 2151: 2340:(in Spanish). Archived from 7: 3001:1896 Summer Olympics events 2134: 1988:National Olympic Committees 806: 438: 77:63 from 9 nations 10: 3037: 2336:Comité Olímpico de Chile. 1666:Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos 1629: 1324: 1246: 822: 484: 2945: 2895: 2869: 2818: 2747: 2740: 2729: 2565: 2472: 2411:. London: Profile Books. 2296:The Female Spiridon Loues 1925: 1893: 1864: 1861: 1832: 1800: 1768: 1736: 1728: 1725: 1722: 1719: 1716: 1713: 1392: 1374: 1359: 1349: 1334: 1325: 1304: 1299: 1296: 1271: 1256: 1247: 883: 865: 850: 847: 832: 823: 786: 784: 782: 780: 766: 764: 762: 755: 746: 744: 742: 740: 726: 724: 722: 715: 701: 699: 697: 695: 681: 679: 677: 675: 661: 659: 657: 655: 641: 639: 632: 623: 621: 619: 612: 603: 596: 594: 591: 582: 580: 578: 570: 556: 554: 552: 549: 504: 501: 498: 495: 492: 381:, based on the legend of 253: 188: 173: 118: 109: 97: 81: 73: 62: 54: 44: 32: 23: 16:Athletics at the Olympics 2388:. Jefferson: McFarland. 2373:(Digitally available at 2324:Running through the Ages 2288:Running through the Ages 2371:. Athens: Charles Beck. 1994:as not having started. 398:, a water carrier from 2400:(Excerpt available at 1983: 1399:Ioannis Theodoropoulos 1981: 1974:Participating nations 2461:1896 Summer Olympics 1612:Georgios Papasideris 429:Panathinaiko Stadium 299:Panathinaiko Stadium 286:1896 Summer Olympics 104:1896 Summer Olympics 69:12 (12 men, 0 women) 49:Panathinaiko Stadium 3021:Athletics in Athens 2928:Professional events 2588:1906 (Intercalated) 2344:on 20 December 2006 2300:The Female Olympian 2294:, 55; Tarasouleas, 2290:, 22; Tarasouleas, 2286:Martin & Gynn, 2238:"Discus Throw, Men" 1710: 1211:Charilaos Vasilakos 445: 379:Pierre de Coubertin 2949:List of medalists 1984: 1955:Totals (7 entries) 1709: 1379:Evangelos Damaskos 443: 387:Battle of Marathon 303:Gregorian calendar 2983: 2982: 2941: 2940: 2923:Wheelchair racing 2525: 2524: 2302:, 314, who cites 1992:Luis Subercaseaux 1971: 1970: 1702: 1701: 1594:Miltiadis Gouskos 1522:Alexandre Tuffère 1150:Grantley Goulding 1115:110 metre hurdles 1024:Dimitrios Golemis 790: 789: 480: 479: 452:Preliminary round 340:and third in the 309:Summary of events 297:were held in the 282: 281: 93: 92: 3028: 2745: 2744: 2735: 2734: 2552: 2545: 2538: 2529: 2528: 2450: 2443: 2436: 2427: 2426: 2422: 2399: 2387: 2372: 2354: 2353: 2351: 2349: 2333: 2327: 2316: 2310: 2309: 2284: 2278: 2277: 2275: 2273: 2259: 2253: 2252: 2250: 2248: 2234: 2228: 2227: 2225: 2223: 2209: 2188: 2187: 2185: 2183: 2165: 2130: 2122: 2121: 2115: 2107: 2106: 2100: 2092: 2091: 2085: 2077: 2076: 2070: 2062: 2061: 2055: 2047: 2046: 2040: 2032: 2031: 2025: 2017: 2016: 2010: 2002: 2001: 1938: 1930: 1929: 1906: 1898: 1897: 1877: 1869: 1868: 1845: 1837: 1836: 1813: 1805: 1804: 1781: 1773: 1772: 1749: 1741: 1740: 1711: 1708: 1691: 1690: 1673: 1672: 1660: 1648: 1647: 1637: 1619: 1618: 1601: 1600: 1588: 1576: 1575: 1565: 1547: 1546: 1540:Ioannis Persakis 1529: 1528: 1516: 1504: 1503: 1493: 1475: 1474: 1457: 1456: 1444: 1432: 1431: 1421: 1406: 1405: 1386: 1385: 1368: 1367: 1355: 1343: 1342: 1332: 1317: 1316: 1290: 1289: 1277: 1265: 1264: 1254: 1236: 1235: 1218: 1217: 1205: 1193: 1192: 1182: 1157: 1156: 1144: 1132: 1131: 1121: 1103: 1102: 1096:Albin Lermusiaux 1085: 1084: 1072: 1060: 1059: 1049: 1031: 1030: 1013: 1012: 995: 994: 984: 966: 965: 948: 947: 935: 923: 922: 912: 897: 896: 877: 876: 859: 858: 841: 840: 830: 807: 482: 481: 446: 442: 274: 267: 260: 114: 95: 94: 65: 37: 21: 20: 3036: 3035: 3031: 3030: 3029: 3027: 3026: 3025: 2986: 2985: 2984: 2979: 2937: 2933:Handicap events 2891: 2877:Combined events 2865: 2814: 2795:4 × 400 m relay 2790:4 × 100 m relay 2736: 2732: 2727: 2561: 2556: 2526: 2521: 2468: 2454: 2419: 2396: 2358: 2357: 2347: 2345: 2334: 2330: 2317: 2313: 2285: 2281: 2271: 2269: 2263:"Marathon, Men" 2261: 2260: 2256: 2246: 2244: 2236: 2235: 2231: 2221: 2219: 2211: 2210: 2191: 2181: 2179: 2167: 2166: 2159: 2154: 2137: 2128: 2119: 2113: 2104: 2098: 2089: 2083: 2074: 2068: 2059: 2053: 2044: 2038: 2029: 2023: 2014: 2008: 1999: 1976: 1936: 1927: 1904: 1895: 1875: 1866: 1843: 1834: 1811: 1802: 1779: 1770: 1747: 1738: 1707: 1688: 1686: 1684:Sotirios Versis 1670: 1668: 1645: 1643: 1633: 1632: 1616: 1614: 1598: 1596: 1573: 1571: 1561: 1560: 1544: 1542: 1526: 1524: 1501: 1499: 1489: 1488: 1472: 1470: 1454: 1452: 1429: 1427: 1417: 1416: 1403: 1401: 1383: 1381: 1365: 1363: 1340: 1338: 1328: 1327: 1314: 1312: 1287: 1285: 1262: 1260: 1250: 1249: 1233: 1231: 1215: 1213: 1190: 1188: 1178: 1177: 1154: 1152: 1129: 1127: 1117: 1116: 1100: 1098: 1082: 1080: 1057: 1055: 1045: 1044: 1028: 1026: 1010: 1008: 992: 990: 980: 979: 963: 961: 945: 943: 941:Herbert Jamison 920: 918: 908: 907: 894: 892: 890:Alajos Szokolyi 874: 872: 856: 854: 838: 836: 826: 825: 798: 792: 441: 425:Stamata Revithi 311: 278: 102: 89: 88: 58:6–10 April 1896 40: 28: 25: 17: 12: 11: 5: 3034: 3024: 3023: 3018: 3013: 3008: 3003: 2998: 2981: 2980: 2978: 2977: 2972: 2967: 2962: 2961: 2960: 2955: 2946: 2943: 2942: 2939: 2938: 2936: 2935: 2930: 2925: 2920: 2915: 2910: 2905: 2899: 2897: 2893: 2892: 2890: 2889: 2884: 2879: 2873: 2871: 2867: 2866: 2864: 2863: 2858: 2853: 2848: 2843: 2838: 2833: 2828: 2822: 2820: 2816: 2815: 2813: 2812: 2807: 2802: 2800:Sprint hurdles 2797: 2792: 2787: 2782: 2777: 2772: 2767: 2762: 2757: 2751: 2749: 2742: 2738: 2737: 2730: 2728: 2726: 2725: 2720: 2715: 2710: 2705: 2700: 2695: 2690: 2685: 2680: 2675: 2670: 2665: 2660: 2655: 2650: 2645: 2640: 2635: 2630: 2625: 2620: 2615: 2610: 2605: 2600: 2595: 2590: 2585: 2580: 2575: 2569: 2567: 2563: 2562: 2555: 2554: 2547: 2540: 2532: 2523: 2522: 2520: 2519: 2514: 2509: 2504: 2499: 2494: 2489: 2484: 2479: 2473: 2470: 2469: 2453: 2452: 2445: 2438: 2430: 2424: 2423: 2417: 2404: 2394: 2377: 2364: 2356: 2355: 2328: 2311: 2279: 2254: 2229: 2189: 2156: 2155: 2153: 2150: 2149: 2148: 2143: 2136: 2133: 2132: 2131: 2116: 2101: 2086: 2071: 2056: 2041: 2026: 2011: 1975: 1972: 1969: 1968: 1965: 1962: 1959: 1956: 1952: 1951: 1948: 1945: 1942: 1939: 1924: 1920: 1919: 1916: 1913: 1910: 1907: 1891: 1890: 1887: 1884: 1881: 1878: 1863: 1859: 1858: 1855: 1852: 1849: 1846: 1831: 1827: 1826: 1823: 1820: 1817: 1814: 1799: 1795: 1794: 1791: 1788: 1785: 1782: 1767: 1763: 1762: 1759: 1756: 1753: 1750: 1735: 1731: 1730: 1727: 1724: 1721: 1718: 1715: 1706: 1703: 1700: 1699: 1696: 1681: 1678: 1663: 1653: 1641:Robert Garrett 1638: 1628: 1627: 1624: 1609: 1606: 1591: 1581: 1569:Robert Garrett 1566: 1556: 1555: 1552: 1537: 1534: 1519: 1509: 1497:James Connolly 1494: 1484: 1483: 1480: 1468:James Connolly 1465: 1462: 1450:Robert Garrett 1447: 1437: 1422: 1412: 1411: 1395: 1394: 1391: 1376: 1373: 1358: 1348: 1333: 1323: 1322: 1310:Robert Garrett 1306: 1305: 1303: 1298: 1295: 1283:James Connolly 1280: 1270: 1255: 1245: 1244: 1241: 1226: 1223: 1208: 1198: 1186:Spiridon Louis 1183: 1173: 1172: 1170: 1165: 1162: 1147: 1137: 1122: 1112: 1111: 1108: 1093: 1090: 1075: 1065: 1050: 1040: 1039: 1036: 1021: 1018: 1003: 1000: 985: 975: 974: 971: 959:Charles Gmelin 956: 953: 938: 928: 913: 903: 902: 886: 885: 882: 867: 864: 849: 846: 831: 821: 820: 817: 814: 811: 797: 794: 788: 787: 785: 783: 781: 779: 776: 774: 768: 767: 765: 763: 761: 758: 756: 754: 748: 747: 745: 743: 741: 739: 736: 734: 728: 727: 725: 723: 721: 718: 716: 714: 708: 707: 704: 702: 700: 698: 696: 694: 688: 687: 684: 682: 680: 678: 676: 674: 668: 667: 664: 662: 660: 658: 656: 654: 648: 647: 644: 642: 640: 638: 635: 633: 631: 625: 624: 622: 620: 618: 615: 613: 611: 605: 604: 602: 600: 597: 595: 593: 590: 584: 583: 581: 579: 577: 574: 572: 569: 563: 562: 559: 557: 555: 553: 551: 548: 542: 541: 538: 535: 532: 529: 526: 523: 520: 517: 514: 511: 507: 506: 503: 500: 497: 494: 491: 487: 486: 478: 477: 474: 471: 468: 465: 462: 459: 456: 453: 450: 440: 437: 396:Spiridon Louis 377:, a friend of 360:Robert Garrett 334:James Connolly 310: 307: 280: 279: 277: 276: 269: 262: 254: 251: 250: 245: 241: 240: 235: 231: 230: 225: 221: 220: 215: 211: 210: 205: 201: 200: 195: 191: 190: 186: 185: 180: 176: 175: 171: 170: 165: 161: 160: 155: 151: 150: 145: 141: 140: 135: 131: 130: 125: 121: 120: 116: 115: 107: 106: 91: 90: 83: 82: 79: 78: 75: 71: 70: 67: 60: 59: 56: 52: 51: 46: 42: 41: 38: 30: 29: 26: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3033: 3022: 3019: 3017: 3014: 3012: 3009: 3007: 3004: 3002: 2999: 2997: 2994: 2993: 2991: 2976: 2973: 2971: 2968: 2966: 2963: 2959: 2956: 2954: 2951: 2950: 2948: 2947: 2944: 2934: 2931: 2929: 2926: 2924: 2921: 2919: 2916: 2914: 2911: 2909: 2906: 2904: 2903:Cross country 2901: 2900: 2898: 2894: 2888: 2885: 2883: 2880: 2878: 2875: 2874: 2872: 2868: 2862: 2859: 2857: 2854: 2852: 2849: 2847: 2844: 2842: 2841:Javelin throw 2839: 2837: 2834: 2832: 2829: 2827: 2824: 2823: 2821: 2817: 2811: 2808: 2806: 2805:400 m hurdles 2803: 2801: 2798: 2796: 2793: 2791: 2788: 2786: 2783: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2773: 2771: 2768: 2766: 2763: 2761: 2758: 2756: 2753: 2752: 2750: 2746: 2743: 2739: 2724: 2721: 2719: 2716: 2714: 2711: 2709: 2706: 2704: 2701: 2699: 2696: 2694: 2691: 2689: 2686: 2684: 2681: 2679: 2676: 2674: 2671: 2669: 2666: 2664: 2661: 2659: 2656: 2654: 2651: 2649: 2646: 2644: 2641: 2639: 2636: 2634: 2631: 2629: 2626: 2624: 2621: 2619: 2616: 2614: 2611: 2609: 2606: 2604: 2601: 2599: 2596: 2594: 2591: 2589: 2586: 2584: 2581: 2579: 2576: 2574: 2571: 2570: 2568: 2564: 2560: 2553: 2548: 2546: 2541: 2539: 2534: 2533: 2530: 2518: 2515: 2513: 2512:Weightlifting 2510: 2508: 2505: 2503: 2500: 2498: 2495: 2493: 2490: 2488: 2485: 2483: 2480: 2478: 2475: 2474: 2471: 2466: 2462: 2458: 2451: 2446: 2444: 2439: 2437: 2432: 2431: 2428: 2420: 2418:1-86197-342-X 2414: 2410: 2405: 2402: 2397: 2395:0-7864-0379-9 2391: 2386: 2385: 2378: 2375: 2370: 2365: 2363: 2360: 2359: 2343: 2339: 2332: 2325: 2321: 2320:Carlo Airoldi 2315: 2307: 2301: 2297: 2293: 2289: 2283: 2268: 2264: 2258: 2243: 2239: 2233: 2218: 2214: 2208: 2206: 2204: 2202: 2200: 2198: 2196: 2194: 2178: 2174: 2170: 2164: 2162: 2157: 2147: 2144: 2142: 2139: 2138: 2126: 2125:United States 2117: 2111: 2102: 2096: 2087: 2081: 2072: 2066: 2065:Great Britain 2057: 2051: 2042: 2036: 2027: 2021: 2012: 2006: 1997: 1996: 1995: 1993: 1989: 1980: 1966: 1963: 1960: 1957: 1953: 1949: 1946: 1943: 1940: 1934: 1922: 1921: 1917: 1914: 1911: 1908: 1902: 1901:Great Britain 1892: 1888: 1885: 1882: 1879: 1873: 1860: 1856: 1853: 1850: 1847: 1841: 1829: 1828: 1824: 1821: 1818: 1815: 1809: 1797: 1796: 1792: 1789: 1786: 1783: 1777: 1765: 1764: 1760: 1757: 1754: 1751: 1745: 1744:United States 1733: 1732: 1712: 1697: 1695: 1685: 1682: 1679: 1677: 1667: 1664: 1662: 1661: 1654: 1652: 1651:United States 1642: 1639: 1636: 1630: 1625: 1623: 1613: 1610: 1607: 1605: 1595: 1592: 1590: 1589: 1582: 1580: 1579:United States 1570: 1567: 1564: 1558: 1557: 1553: 1551: 1541: 1538: 1535: 1533: 1523: 1520: 1518: 1517: 1510: 1508: 1507:United States 1498: 1495: 1492: 1486: 1485: 1481: 1479: 1478:United States 1469: 1466: 1463: 1461: 1460:United States 1451: 1448: 1446: 1445: 1438: 1436: 1435:United States 1426: 1423: 1420: 1414: 1413: 1410: 1400: 1397: 1396: 1390: 1380: 1377: 1372: 1371:United States 1362: 1357: 1356: 1347: 1346:United States 1337: 1331: 1321: 1320:United States 1311: 1308: 1307: 1302: 1294: 1293:United States 1284: 1281: 1279: 1278: 1269: 1268:United States 1259: 1253: 1242: 1240: 1230: 1229:Gyula Kellner 1227: 1224: 1222: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1206: 1199: 1197: 1187: 1184: 1181: 1175: 1174: 1171: 1169: 1166: 1163: 1161: 1160:Great Britain 1151: 1148: 1146: 1145: 1138: 1136: 1135:United States 1126: 1125:Thomas Curtis 1123: 1120: 1114: 1113: 1109: 1107: 1097: 1094: 1091: 1089: 1088:United States 1079: 1076: 1074: 1073: 1066: 1064: 1054: 1051: 1048: 1042: 1041: 1037: 1035: 1025: 1022: 1019: 1017: 1007: 1004: 1001: 999: 989: 986: 983: 977: 976: 972: 970: 969:Great Britain 960: 957: 954: 952: 951:United States 942: 939: 937: 936: 929: 927: 926:United States 917: 914: 911: 905: 904: 901: 891: 888: 887: 881: 880:United States 871: 868: 863: 853: 852:Fritz Hofmann 845: 844:United States 835: 829: 808: 805: 803: 796:Medal summary 793: 777: 775: 773: 770: 769: 759: 757: 753: 750: 749: 737: 735: 733: 730: 729: 719: 717: 713: 710: 709: 705: 703: 693: 690: 689: 685: 683: 673: 670: 669: 665: 663: 653: 650: 649: 645: 643: 636: 634: 630: 629:110 m hurdles 627: 626: 616: 614: 610: 607: 606: 601: 598: 589: 586: 585: 575: 573: 568: 565: 564: 560: 558: 547: 544: 543: 539: 536: 533: 530: 527: 524: 521: 518: 515: 512: 509: 508: 489: 488: 483: 475: 472: 469: 466: 463: 460: 458:Qualification 457: 454: 451: 448: 447: 436: 434: 430: 426: 421: 419: 415: 412: 407: 405: 401: 397: 392: 388: 384: 380: 376: 371: 369: 365: 361: 357: 354: 350: 345: 343: 339: 335: 331: 327: 323: 318: 316: 315:world records 306: 304: 300: 296: 291: 287: 275: 270: 268: 263: 261: 256: 255: 252: 249: 246: 243: 242: 239: 236: 233: 232: 229: 226: 223: 222: 219: 216: 213: 212: 209: 206: 203: 202: 199: 196: 193: 192: 187: 184: 181: 178: 177: 172: 169: 166: 164:110 m hurdles 163: 162: 159: 156: 153: 152: 149: 146: 143: 142: 139: 136: 133: 132: 129: 126: 123: 122: 117: 113: 108: 105: 100: 96: 87: → 86: 80: 76: 72: 68: 61: 57: 53: 50: 47: 43: 36: 31: 22: 19: 2975:Medal sweeps 2918:Weight throw 2887:Race walking 2836:Hammer throw 2831:Discus throw 2810:Steeplechase 2572: 2476: 2408: 2383: 2368: 2346:. Retrieved 2342:the original 2331: 2323: 2314: 2305: 2299: 2295: 2291: 2287: 2282: 2270:. Retrieved 2266: 2257: 2245:. Retrieved 2241: 2232: 2220:. Retrieved 2216: 2180:. Retrieved 2173:Olympics.com 2172: 1985: 1656: 1631:Discus throw 1584: 1512: 1440: 1425:Ellery Clark 1361:Albert Tyler 1351: 1336:William Hoyt 1301:none awarded 1300: 1273: 1258:Ellery Clark 1201: 1168:none awarded 1167: 1140: 1078:Arthur Blake 1068: 931: 916:Thomas Burke 870:Francis Lane 834:Thomas Burke 799: 791: 772:Discus throw 422: 417: 408: 404:Crown Prince 383:Pheidippides 375:Michel Bréal 372: 368:discus throw 349:Thomas Burke 346: 322:Francis Lane 319: 312: 283: 244:Discus throw 189:Field events 119:Track events 98: 18: 2861:Triple jump 2348:28 December 1705:Medal table 1487:Triple jump 1053:Edwin Flack 1043:1500 metres 1006:Nándor Dáni 988:Edwin Flack 732:Triple jump 470:Semi-finals 356:Edwin Flack 326:triple jump 204:Triple jump 174:Road events 74:Competitors 2990:Categories 2908:Team races 2846:Pole vault 2492:Gymnastics 2326:, 12, 21). 2152:References 1326:Pole vault 978:800 metres 906:400 metres 824:100 metres 692:Pole vault 414:miniseries 353:Australian 224:Pole vault 2913:60 metres 2856:Long jump 2851:High jump 2517:Wrestling 2477:Athletics 2272:20 August 2267:Olympedia 2247:20 August 2242:Olympedia 2222:20 August 2217:Olympedia 2182:20 August 2005:Australia 1776:Australia 1415:Long jump 1248:High jump 1063:Australia 998:Australia 712:Long jump 672:High jump 364:Princeton 342:long jump 338:high jump 290:athletics 214:High jump 194:Long jump 99:Athletics 66:of events 24:Athletics 2882:Marathon 2826:Shot put 2785:10,000 m 2566:Editions 2502:Swimming 2497:Shooting 2135:See also 1698:27.78 m 1680:28.95 m 1655:29.15 m 1626:10.36 m 1608:11.03 m 1583:11.22 m 1559:Shot put 1554:12.52 m 1536:12.70 m 1511:13.71 m 1243:3:06:35 1225:3:06:03 1200:2:58:50 1176:Marathon 752:Shot put 652:Marathon 439:Schedule 400:Maroussi 391:Marathon 332:student 295:marathon 234:Shot put 179:Marathon 2965:Records 2896:Defunct 2487:Fencing 2482:Cycling 2459:at the 2095:Hungary 2050:Germany 2020:Denmark 1933:Germany 1840:Hungary 1635:details 1563:details 1491:details 1482:5.84 m 1464:6.00 m 1439:6.35 m 1419:details 1393:2.60 m 1375:3.20 m 1350:3.30 m 1330:details 1297:1.65 m 1272:1.81 m 1252:details 1239:Hungary 1180:details 1119:details 1110:4:36.0 1092:4:33.6 1067:4:33.2 1047:details 1038:2:28.0 1020:2:11.8 1016:Hungary 1002:2:11.0 982:details 910:details 900:Hungary 862:Germany 828:details 819:Bronze 816:Silver 505:Apr 10 444:Legend 330:Harvard 284:At the 2970:Venues 2870:Others 2780:5000 m 2775:1500 m 2741:Events 2507:Tennis 2465:Athens 2457:Events 2415:  2392:  2127:  2123:  2112:  2110:Sweden 2108:  2097:  2093:  2082:  2080:Greece 2078:  2067:  2063:  2052:  2048:  2037:  2035:France 2033:  2022:  2018:  2007:  2003:  1935:  1931:  1903:  1899:  1874:  1872:France 1870:  1842:  1838:  1810:  1808:Greece 1806:  1778:  1774:  1746:  1742:  1726:Bronze 1723:Silver 1717:Nation 1694:Greece 1692:  1676:Greece 1674:  1649:  1622:Greece 1620:  1604:Greece 1602:  1577:  1550:Greece 1548:  1532:France 1530:  1505:  1476:  1458:  1433:  1409:Greece 1407:  1389:Greece 1387:  1369:  1344:  1318:  1291:  1266:  1237:  1221:Greece 1219:  1196:Greece 1194:  1158:  1133:  1106:France 1104:  1086:  1061:  1034:Greece 1032:  1014:  996:  967:  949:  924:  898:  878:  860:  842:  810:Event 609:1500 m 485:Men's 476:Final 154:1500 m 101:at the 2958:women 2819:Field 2770:800 m 2765:400 m 2760:200 m 2755:100 m 2748:Track 1937:(GER) 1905:(GBR) 1876:(FRA) 1844:(HUN) 1812:(GRE) 1780:(AUS) 1748:(USA) 1729:Total 1164:17.7 1139:17.6 973:56.7 955:55.2 930:54.2 884:12.6 866:12.2 848:12.0 813:Gold 588:800 m 567:400 m 546:100 m 510:Event 502:Apr 9 499:Apr 8 496:Apr 7 493:Apr 6 464:Heats 144:800 m 134:400 m 124:100 m 55:Dates 45:Venue 2723:2024 2718:2020 2713:2016 2708:2012 2703:2008 2698:2004 2693:2000 2688:1996 2683:1992 2678:1988 2673:1984 2668:1980 2663:1976 2658:1972 2653:1968 2648:1964 2643:1960 2638:1956 2633:1952 2628:1948 2623:1936 2618:1932 2613:1928 2608:1924 2603:1920 2598:1912 2593:1908 2583:1904 2578:1900 2573:1896 2413:ISBN 2390:ISBN 2350:2006 2274:2021 2249:2021 2224:2021 2184:2021 2129:(10) 2084:(29) 1720:Gold 1714:Rank 490:Date 362:, a 85:1900 2953:men 2114:(1) 2099:(3) 2069:(5) 2054:(5) 2039:(5) 2024:(3) 2009:(1) 411:NBC 248:men 238:men 228:men 218:men 208:men 198:men 183:men 168:men 158:men 148:men 138:men 128:men 64:No. 2992:: 2265:. 2240:. 2215:. 2192:^ 2175:. 2171:. 2160:^ 1967:37 1964:12 1961:13 1958:12 1825:10 1761:17 1659:OR 1587:OR 1515:OR 1443:OR 1354:OR 1276:OR 1204:OR 1143:OR 1071:OR 934:OR 706:F 686:F 666:F 646:F 561:F 540:E 435:. 420:. 416:, 344:. 328:, 2551:e 2544:t 2537:v 2467:) 2463:( 2449:e 2442:t 2435:v 2421:. 2403:) 2398:. 2376:) 2352:. 2276:. 2251:. 2226:. 2186:. 1950:1 1947:0 1944:1 1941:0 1923:7 1918:2 1915:1 1912:1 1909:0 1889:2 1886:1 1883:1 1880:0 1862:5 1857:3 1854:2 1851:1 1848:0 1830:4 1822:6 1819:3 1816:1 1798:3 1793:2 1790:0 1787:0 1784:2 1766:2 1758:2 1755:6 1752:9 1734:1 778:F 760:F 738:F 720:F 637:H 617:F 599:F 592:H 576:F 571:H 550:H 537:M 534:E 531:M 528:E 525:M 522:E 519:M 516:E 513:M 473:F 467:½ 461:H 455:Q 449:P 273:e 266:t 259:v

Index


Panathinaiko Stadium
1900
Athletics
1896 Summer Olympics

men
men
men
men
men
men
men
men
men
men
men
men
v
t
e
1896 Summer Olympics
athletics
marathon
Panathinaiko Stadium
Gregorian calendar
world records
Francis Lane
triple jump
Harvard

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.